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Iced Christmas Cookies

» by diva December 21st, 2008 at 3:40 pm » Comments (15)

Have I ever told you about that little voice in my head? We’ve all got at least one of those, now and again. And now, this isn’t the voice that tells me to flip on Cartoon Network and indulge in a whole afternoon (about 5hours) of Ben 10. Gee, did I just let that out […]



The Ghost of Thanksgiving Past and a Balmy 2˚c

» by diva December 2nd, 2008 at 3:16 pm » Comments (15)

Because I totally made that up and I’m no Dickens, that has nothing to do with the real Ghost of Christmas Past. It’s just that researching the reality of ‘ghosts’ in Henry James’s Turn of the Screw and relating it to some big ideas on a Freudian Death Drive, Victorian age and the Decadent aesthetic […]



Christmas Sweet Tooth

» by diva December 29th, 2007 at 8:08 am » Comments (0)

Christmas Roast went well - turkey, gammon ham, roast beef; roasted courgettes,sweet potatoes, pumpkin; roast potatoes; roasted parsnips; yorkshire pudding. mmmm. what a feat! Started cooking from 3pm but glad it’s all over. New Year’s is going to be much simpler.
Due to mum’s request, made a little Lim Family Fruitcake. Recipe was taken from Martha […]